%0 Journal Article %A Neumann, Reagan %A Dempster, Neil %A Skinner, James %D 2016 %T The impact of positional leadership on secondary school captains %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/The_impact_of_positional_leadership_on_secondary_school_captains/9463967 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17087678 %K untagged %X This article examines the impact of positional leadership on secondary school captains in a group of ‘like schools’ in Queensland, Australia. Through six studies, using document analysis, interviews, observations and focus groups, with school captains, parents and teachers, a number of perceived areas of impact on the students holding these positions emerged. These impacts involve relationships, roles and responsibilities, personal well-being, learning skills and learning management, self-management and self-confidence. The study suggests that through the status and responsibilities associated with the position and the self-awareness that grows during school captaincy, the young person is likely to experience deepening maturity more quickly than might otherwise be the case. %I Loughborough University